About the Authors

Michael A. Krause

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Seidina A. S. Diakite

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Tatiana M. Lopera-Mesa

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Chanaki Amaratunga

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Takayuki Arie

Affiliation Department of Physics and Electronics, School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan

Karim Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Saibou Doumbia

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Drissa Konate

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Jeffrey R. Keefer

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mahamadou Diakite

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Rick M. Fairhurst

rfairhurst@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAK TML CA TA JRK MD RMF. Performed the experiments: MAK SASD TML CA TA KT RMF. Analyzed the data: MAK TML CA TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD DK JRK. Wrote the paper: MAK TML CA TA RMF.